The World's Premier Flip Clock

The World's Premier Flip Clock FlipClockFans.com has searched the world to present to you what may be the pinnacle of Flip Clock design. The brick series flip clock by Leff amsterdam. Many who appreciate mechanical design have come to enjoy vintage flip clocks. The collection and restoration of vintage flip clocks is known as Horopalettology. Horopalettologist know that the age of the flip clock began in earnest at the onset of the space age, the late 1960s. That's when Solari Udine of Italy released t...

Many people in the United States have caught the retro flip clock bug - a phenomenon clearly evident by high vintage flip clock prices on eBay and Etsy.com. Yet in the background, a resurgence of flip clock mania has been unleashed upon the world, primarily from Chinese manufacturers, with a lean towards the wacky. We'll just call them, 'Strange Flip Clocks!' There are vehicle flip clocks - cars and bicycles; Aeronautical flip clocks - a plane and helicopter; Many heavy equipment flip clocks - ...

March 8, 2016 - The birthday of a new word for the study, collection and repair of flip clocks. Horopalettology. And what a better place for the word to begin, than - FlipClockFans.com! I was shocked and dismayed to find that there existed no word, in this whole world wide web, for the flip clock collector. Oh, we have the word horology. But when I looked at sites related to horology (the study and measurement of time), there I found a large hole in the type of clocks that many seemed to see fi...

The "Hail, Caesar! Flip Clock" Hail, Caesar!, is the 2016, star-studded comedy set during Hollywood's Golden Age, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen - Academy Award and Four-time Oscar winning filmmakers. The Coen Brother's credits include No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, True Grit, and Fargo. Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum. As many ...

As a fan of flip clocks, I used to strongly affirm that the use of "analog" to describe a flip clock was patently wrong. A flip clock is a digital clock with an electro-mechanical time keeping mechanism. Many people asserted that since the clock did not use what we would call "digital" technology, such a clocks with integrated circuits and LED displays, but instead used mechanical time keeping, it should be called digital analog. Or in this case, an analog flip clock. Now, using this line of thinking, th...

Flip Clock Fans Official T-shirt


The design of the FlipClockFans.com official T-shirt pays tribute to the country that really perfected the design
of the clock and manufactured mechanisms that have lasted 40 plus years - Japan.
The shirt features the kanji symbols for the Japanese yojijukugo 四字熟語 pronounced kishi kaisei ("kee-she ki-say"), which translates, "wake from death and return to life." (A yojijukugo is a four-character idiomatic...

Introducing ... the "Pill Clock" Floating around the auction sites you'll occasionally happen upon a strange little pill - The Target FC1000 Flip Clock with alarm and radio. The clock was manufactured for Target in China and apparently sold in the US and France (the two languages on the clock) around 2009-2010. Apparently not a huge hit back then, for modern flip clock fans, it remains a very interesting clock regardless. Appearance:The case of the clock is white, with the tuner and volume dials offerin...

The Panasonic RC-1122 just screams "Retro" and early 70s especially in the classic Avocado green color. This classic early flip clock is AM radio only and built to last. Details: The RC-1122 flip clock was produced in the green, orange and a brown color all with a cream white trim and buttons. The colored cabinet has a texture to it that is reminiscent of leather while the trim is smooth. The clock measures an exact 8 1/2 inches in width, 3 1/4 inches in height, 5 inches in depth (at the widest po...

To understand why these clocks are so important historically and why they remain so sought after by collectors worldwide, we must learn some history of Italian design and engineering. History of the Solari Udine Cifra 3 - The World's Most Renowned Flip Clock Because of the historical importance of the Solari Cifra 3 - this article was moved to it's own permanent page....

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Creating a Custom LED Module for the Panasonic RC-7462 The Panasonic RC-7462 features twin, AM/FM speedometer-like FM/AM tuning dials, a fine sounding 4 inch speaker (for a vintage flip clock), real wood side panels and a relatively large flip clo...

This Digital High Time flip clock features a projection system that will project an approximation of the time on the ceiling. The clock also features plastic simulated burl woodgrain which actually looks fairly realistic. According to the manufacture's information on the box: Digital High Time Ceiling Alarm Clock by Stancraft Products Model 7661 - Projects the time in 5 minute increments - Large, easy to read digital face numerals - Burl woodgrain Accent - No Glare - Gentle Alarm Digi...

One of the things that makes flip clocks so interesting, is the fact that while they are digital clocks, and were considered quite "modern" in their day, they are purely mechanical, or more precisely, electromechanical. The mechanical design won awards back in the day (late 60s to 70s) and the minute by minute flipping of numbers was found to be mesmerizing by many. Today, flip clocks bring back memories of the "space age" for those who lived it, and today are sought out for...

What Flip Clock appeared in the movie, Back To The Future? - The answer may be more complicated than once thought. Discussion of the "RC-6015/6010 Error Clock." In the movie classic, Back To The Future, Marty McFly wakes to the alarm of a simulated wood cabinet, Panasonic Digital FM-AM Clock Radio (a type of vintage clock, now typically referred to as a "flip clock"). Without fail, collectors assert that the model number of this clock is the RC-6015. Could it be possible that this is not comple...